Photographic Memory is a 2011 documentary film by independent filmmaker Ross McElwee about a voyage back to the roots of his involvement with the camera.[1]
The filmmaker finds himself in frequent conflict with his son, who is no longer the delightful child the father loved, but an argumentative young adult who inhabits virtual worlds available through the internet. To the father, the son seems to be addicted to and permanently distracted by those worlds. The filmmaker undertakes a journey to St. Quay-Portrieux in Brittany where he worked for a spring as a wedding photographer's assistant at age 24 –slightly older than his son is now. He has not been back to St. Quay since that visit, and hopes to gain some perspective on what his own life was like when he was his son's age. He also hopes to track down his former employer, a fascinating Frenchman named Maurice, and Maud, a woman with whom he was romantically involved during that spring 38 years ago. Photographic Memory is a meditation on the passing of time, the praxis of photography and film, digital versus analog, and the fractured love of a father for his son.
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^Anderson, John (October 5, 2012). "Camera Angling to Reconcile Then and Now". The New York Times.
photographic, memory, film, photographic, memory, 2011, documentary, film, independent, filmmaker, ross, mcelwee, about, voyage, back, roots, involvement, with, camera, photographic, memorydirected, byross, mcelweewritten, byross, mcelwee, marie, emmanuelle, h. Photographic Memory is a 2011 documentary film by independent filmmaker Ross McElwee about a voyage back to the roots of his involvement with the camera 1 Photographic MemoryDirected byRoss McElweeWritten byRoss McElwee Marie Emmanuelle HartnessProduced byMarie Emmanuelle Hartness and Ross McElweeStarringAdrian McElwee Ross McElweeCinematographySean Wilcox Ross McElwee Adrian McElwee Edited bySabrina Zanella ForesiMusic byDane Walker DJ Flack and Charles MingusProductioncompanySt Quay FilmsDistributed byFirst Run FeaturesRelease dateSeptember 1 2011 2011 09 01 Venice Film Festival Running time84 minutesCountriesUnited StatesFranceLanguagesEnglish FrenchBox officeUS 599 435 00 Photographic Memory premiered at the 2011 Venice Film Festival and won the Sheffield Youth Jury Award at Sheffield Doc Fest in June 2012 Synopsis editThe filmmaker finds himself in frequent conflict with his son who is no longer the delightful child the father loved but an argumentative young adult who inhabits virtual worlds available through the internet To the father the son seems to be addicted to and permanently distracted by those worlds The filmmaker undertakes a journey to St Quay Portrieux in Brittany where he worked for a spring as a wedding photographer s assistant at age 24 slightly older than his son is now He has not been back to St Quay since that visit and hopes to gain some perspective on what his own life was like when he was his son s age He also hopes to track down his former employer a fascinating Frenchman named Maurice and Maud a woman with whom he was romantically involved during that spring 38 years ago Photographic Memory is a meditation on the passing of time the praxis of photography and film digital versus analog and the fractured love of a father for his son References edit Anderson John October 5 2012 Camera Angling to Reconcile Then and Now The New York Times External links editPhotographic Memory at IMDb nbsp Venice Horizons selections include Jonathan Demme Ross McElwee docs at ScreenDaily com Review of Photographic Memory at ScreenDaily com nbsp This article about a biographical documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Photographic Memory film amp oldid 1112133683, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
